PLEASE BOOK & PAY BY 19 SEPTEMBER 2025

9:30am to 4:00pm

Morning Tea Included - BYO MUG

Mixed media artist and art teacher Cathy Shugg is driven to explore the world through her art.  She has painted en plein air on all seven continents, undertaking artist residencies and other adventures to challenge and inspire her art making. Cathy exhibits in Australia and Europe.  Her art is represented in private and corporate collections in Australasia, Europe, the UK and North America.

Cathy describes her art practice as “Outside-Inside”. Her plein air paintings and drawings are moments-in-time observations of life and place,predominantly watercolour, gouache and ink on paper.  These artworks inspire Cathy’s subsequent explorations in paint, collage and mixed media in her Bowral studio and studios abroad.  Her art practice and teaching encompass a broad range of 2D media, techniques and subjects.  Her work is characteristically colourful,joyous and full of stories – as is her teaching!

For this mixed media workshop, Cathy will guide participants through a range of mixed media and methods to turn anaemic, underwhelming paintings, into vibrant,multi-layered works of art.  You will explore how ink, pastels, acrylic paint and paper collage can be combined on paper or canvas to develop artworks that DO “work” and also extend each artist’s ideas and skills.  This workshop is ideal for developing landscape or cityscape-inspired work, abstract pieces and other strong subjects and images.

Materials List:

Surfaces:

·    2 or more artworks that you’d like to develop and  push to a new level – Preferably A2, or equivalent, on paper or canvas.

·    Resources relating to these artworks – eg  sketches, photos, notes etc.

·    3 or more sheets of white heavy watercolour paper  (300gsm is ideal) OR

·    Canvas Board for additional new works – large size  preferable.

Paints:

·    Acrylic colours of your choice.

Brushes:

·    Bring a selection of Large and Smaller brushes.

·    Flat Mid-Sized Taklon (or other synthetic) brush  for gluing.

Painting Medium:

·    Cathy likes satin varnish/acrylic painting medium  from Atelier or Matisse.

Inks:

·    Sepia or Black Waterproof ink in a bottle with a  dropper – Cathy likes Matisse waterproof Sepia Ink.

Drawing Materials:

·     Bring your usual drawing materials – eg Pastels,  Oil Paint Sticks of Waterproof Coloured Inks.

     – NB It  needs to stay on acrylic paint and glue.

·     Brush on Glue that dries clear – Cathy’s favourite  is  Mod Podge Matte Glue (worth  buying!)

Misc:

·     Selection of Translucent and Opaque Coloured and  Patterned Rice Papers/Tissue Papers – Acid Free Wrapping Paper is ok, too.

·     Newspapers or Magazines – can be used in your  artwork and/or when gluing.

·     Water Pot

·     Palette

·     Rags, Chux or Paper Towels

·     Apron

·     Large Scissors

·     Ruler  (optional)